Extract

Extract

Find a piece of data and bring it to the active application. Information you can retrieve from memory or media such as a floppy disk.

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extract

General; Miscellaneous

Extract is to take from or pull out of something else; hina used tweezers to extract the thorn from her feet.

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Engineering; Electronic engineering

1. To remove a signal or quantity from some product containing it, or from its source. Examples: extracting a fifth harmonic from a complex signal, extracting the direct-current ...

extracts

Culinary arts; Cooking

Concentrated flavorings derived from various foods or plants, usually through evaporation or distillation. Extracts can come in several forms including solid (as in a bouillon ...

extract

Software; Productivity software

To build a DAC package file that contains the definitions of all the objects in an existing database, as well as instance objects that are associated with the database.

extract

Health care; Cancer treatment

In medicine, a preparation of a substance obtained from plants, animals, or bacteria and used as a drug or in drugs.

e-form

Internet; Internet communication

An electronic form used to gather information about a user. E-forms are used to provide feedback, make inquiries, order merchandise, sign up for services, and more.

eject button

Internet; Internet communication

The button pressed to eject a diskette, CD (compact disc), DVD (digital versatile disc), or other removable media from a diskette, CD-ROM, CD-RW, or DVD-ROM drive or other such ...

electrode

Internet; Internet communication

A conductor through which current flows. Batteries, for instance, have two electrodes, the positive electrode is also known as the anode and the negative electrode is known as the ...

ghost imaging

Internet; Internet communication

A method of copying the contents of a computer's entire hard disk to a file. The file can then be placed onto the hard disk of another computer, creating a system with the ...

ghosting

Internet; Internet communication

When an object or icon dragged across the screen leaves a trace behind it.

glass plate

Internet; Internet communication

A plate found on a scanner or copier that the document is placed on to be scanned or copied. The glass allows light to illuminate the print on the document so that it can be ...

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